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Valencian Community

The Valencian Community, sometimes also known as the Valencian Country, is an autonomous community or region of in the central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Valencia and Alicante.

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is a charming old city and the capital of the Valencian Community. With just over 830,000 inhabitants in 2023, it is ’s third-largest city and, after Barcelona, the most significant cultural centre along the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

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is a popular tourist city of 332,000 people in the Valencian Community of . It is the capital of and a historic Mediterranean port. The city has become a hub of tourism directed to the beaches of the .

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is in the Valencia region, southeastern . is the Spanish name of the city, and it is also known by its Valencian name Elx.

Destinations to Discover

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/ Alacant province is the southernmost province of the Valencian Community. The fourth-largest province in Spain, the beautiful weather and glistening beaches of the attracts tourists from across Europe.

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The province of is the most populous of the three provinces in the Valencian Community. It is bordered on the east by the Mediterranean, in the north by the provinces of and Teruel, in the west by the provinces of Cuenca and Albacete, and in the south by the province of .

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/ Castelló province is the northernmost province of the Valencian Community. It is bordered to the south by province, to the north by , and to the west by Teruel province in .

Valencian Community

Latitude of center
39.682° or 39° 40′ 55″ north
Longitude of center
-0.7654° or 0° 45′ 56″ west
Population
5,320,000
Elevation
363 metres (1,191 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1721119316
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2593113
Wiki­data ID
Q5720
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Valencian Community” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Komuniteti i Valencias”
  • Amharic: “የቫለንሲያ ኅብረተሠብ”
  • Arabic: “بلد بلنسية”
  • Arabic: “منطقة بلنسية”
  • Aragonese: “País Valencián”
  • Aragonese: “País Valenciano”
  • Armenian: “Վալենսիա”
  • Arpitan: “Comunôtât ôtonoma de Valence”
  • Asturian: “Comunidá Valenciana”
  • Azerbaijani: “Valensiya icması”
  • Azerbaijani: “Valensiya ölkəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Valensiya”
  • Balinese: “Komunitas Valencia”
  • Basque: “Valentziako Erkidegoa”
  • Belarusian: “аўтаномная супольнасць Валенсія”
  • Belarusian: “Валенсія, аўтаномная супольнасць”
  • Belarusian: “Валенсія”
  • Bosnian: “Valencia (pokrajina)”
  • Bosnian: “Valencia”
  • Bosnian: “Valensijska Zajednica”
  • Breton: “Kumuniezh València”
  • Bulgarian: “Валенсийска област”
  • Bulgarian: “Валенсия”
  • Catalan: “Comunitat Valenciana”
  • Catalan: “País Valencià”
  • Catalan: “PV”
  • Catalan: “València”
  • Cebuano: “Comunitat Valenciana”
  • Chechen: “Валенси”
  • Chinese: “Valencia Siā-lí”
  • Chinese: “巴倫西亞自治區”
  • Chinese: “華倫西亞自治區”
  • Cornish: “Pow Valensianek”
  • Corsican: “Cumunità Valenciana”
  • Corsican: “Cumunità Valenziana”
  • Corsican: “Paese Valencianu”
  • Corsican: “Paese Valenzianu”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Valensiya (muhtar toplulığ)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Valensiya”
  • Croatian: “Valencijska Zajednica”
  • Czech: “Valencijské společenství”
  • Danish: “Valencia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Valensiya (eyalet)”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Valensiya”
  • Dutch: “Valencia”
  • Dutch: “Valenciaanse Gemeenschap”
  • Dutch: “Valenciaanse Land”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مجتمع ڤالينسيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منطقة فالينسيا”
  • Esperanto: “Valencia Komunumo”
  • Esperanto: “Valencilando”
  • Estonian: “Valencia autonoomne piirkond”
  • Estonian: “València autonoomne piirkond”
  • Extremaduran: “Comunidá Valenciana”
  • Faroese: “Valencia”
  • Finnish: “Valencia”
  • French: “Communauté de Valence”
  • French: “Communauté valencienne”
  • French: “Communauté Valencienne”
  • French: “Pays valencien”
  • Galician: “Comunidade Valenciana”
  • Galician: “País Valenciano”
  • Georgian: “ვალენსიის ავტონომიური გაერთიანება”
  • German: “Landes Valencia”
  • German: “Valencia”
  • German: “Valencianische Gemeinschaft”
  • German: “Valencianisches Land”
  • Greek: “Βαλενθιανή Κοινότητα”
  • Greek: “Βαλένθιανική κοινότητα”
  • Greek: “Βαλενθιανική Χώρα”
  • Guarani: “Tetãvore hekosãsóva Valensiagua”
  • Gujarati: “વૅલેન્શિયા નો પ્રદેશ”
  • Haitian: “Valence”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pâ-lùn-sî-â Chhṳ-chhṳ-khî”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Valencia Chhṳ-chhṳ-khî”
  • Hebrew: “ולנסיה”
  • Hindi: “वैलेंसियाई समुदाय”
  • Hungarian: “Valencia”
  • Icelandic: “Sjálfstjórnarsvæðið Valensía”
  • Icelandic: “Valensía (hérað)”
  • Icelandic: “Valensía”
  • Ido: “Autonoma Regiono di Valencia”
  • Ido: “Autonoma Regiono Valencia”
  • Indonesian: “Komunitas Valencia”
  • Indonesian: “Komunitas Valensia”
  • Interlingua: “Communitate Valencian”
  • Interlingue: “Comunité Valencian”
  • Irish: “Comhphobal Valencia”
  • Italian: “Comunità Valenciana”
  • Italian: “Comunità valenzana”
  • Italian: “Comunità Valenzana”
  • Italian: “Paese Valenciano”
  • Italian: “Paese Valenzano”
  • Italian: “Valenza”
  • Japanese: “ヴァレンシア”
  • Japanese: “コムニダ・バレンシアーナ”
  • Japanese: “バレンシア国”
  • Japanese: “バレンシア州”
  • Kabardian: “Валенсиэ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Valensiya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Валенсия”
  • Kazakh: “Валенсия”
  • Kinaray-A: “Balensiya”
  • Kinaray-A: “Balinsya”
  • Kinaray-A: “Banwa Balensiyanhën”
  • Kinaray-A: “Banwa Balensiyano”
  • Kinaray-A: “Banwa Balinsyanhun”
  • Kinaray-A: “Banwa Balinsyano”
  • Kinaray-A: “Komonidad Balinsyanhun”
  • Kinaray-A: “Komonidad Balinsyano”
  • Kinaray-A: “Komunidad Balensiyanhën”
  • Kinaray-A: “Komunidad Balensiyano”
  • Korean: “발렌시아 공동체”
  • Korean: “발렌시아 지방”
  • Korean: “발렌시아”
  • Korean: “발렌시아주”
  • Kurdish: “País Valencià”
  • Kurdish: “Welatê Valensyayê”
  • Ladin: “Cumunità Valenciana”
  • Ladino: “Komunidad Valensiana”
  • Ladino: “Komunita Valensiana”
  • Lao: “ແຄວ້ນວາລັງ”
  • Latin: “Communitas Valentiana”
  • Latin: “Communitas Valentina”
  • Latvian: “Valensija”
  • Latvian: “Valensijas apgabals”
  • Ligurian: “Comunitæ Valençiànn-a”
  • Ligurian: “Pàize Valençiàn”
  • Limburgan: “Valencia”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Comunia Valensia”
  • Lithuanian: “Valensija”
  • Lombard: “Comunità Valenziana”
  • Luxembourgish: “Autonom Gemeinschaft Valencia”
  • Macedonian: “Валенсија”
  • Malay: “Komuniti Valencia”
  • Manx: “Boodeeys Valencia”
  • Marathi: “वालेन्सिया”
  • Mazanderani: “والنسیا (شه‌مختار بخش)”
  • Mazanderani: “والنسیا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Valencia Siā-lí”
  • Mingrelian: “ვალენსიაშ ავტონომიური გოართოიანაფა”
  • Mongolian: “Валенсийн Нийгэмлэг”
  • Northern Frisian: “Valencia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Valencia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Valencia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Valencia”
  • Norwegian: “Comunitat Valenciana”
  • Norwegian: “Valencia”
  • Novial: “Komunie de Valencia”
  • Novial: “Komunie de Valensia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “País Valencian”
  • Ossetian: “Валенси”
  • Persian: “بخش خودمختار والنسیا”
  • Piemontese: “Comunità Valensian-a”
  • Polish: “Walencja”
  • Portuguese: “Comunidade Valenciana”
  • Portuguese: “Valência”
  • Quechua: “Valencia suyu”
  • Romanian: “Comunitatea Valenciană”
  • Russian: “Валенсийская страна”
  • Russian: “Валенсийское сообщество”
  • Russian: “Валенсия”
  • Russian: “Область Валенсия”
  • Sardinian: “Comunidade Valenciana”
  • Scots: “Valencian Commonty”
  • Scots: “Valencian Kintra”
  • Scots: “Valencie Commonty”
  • Scots: “Valencie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Co-chomann València”
  • Serbian: “Валенсијанска Заједница”
  • Serbian: “Валенсијанска Покрајина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Valencijska Zajednica”
  • Sicilian: “Valencia”
  • Sicilian: “Valenza”
  • Slovak: “Valencijské spoločenstvo”
  • Slovenian: “Valencijska dežela”
  • Spanish: “Comunidad Valenciana”
  • Spanish: “País Valenciano”
  • Spanish: “Región Valenciana”
  • Spanish: “Reino de Valencia”
  • Spanish: “Valencia”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Valencia”
  • Swedish: “Valencia”
  • Tagalog: “Comunidad Valenciana”
  • Tagalog: “Pamayanang Balensyano”
  • Tamil: “வளன்சியான் மாநிலம்”
  • Tatar: “Валенсия (автономияле төбәк)”
  • Tatar: “Валенсия”
  • Tetum: “Komunidade Valensianu”
  • Thai: “แคว้นบาเลนเซีย”
  • Turkish: “Comunitat Valenciana”
  • Turkish: “Valensiya Topluluğu”
  • Turkish: “Valensiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Валенсійська громада”
  • Ukrainian: “Валенсія”
  • Urdu: “بلنسیہ”
  • Urdu: “ویلنسیائی کمیونٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Valencialar mamlakati”
  • Venetian: “Comunità Vałensiana”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng đồng Valencia”
  • Vlaams: “Valencia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Comunidad Valenciana”
  • Welsh: “Valencia”
  • Western Armenian: “Վալենսիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Falinsia”
  • Western Frisian: “Falinsiaanske Lân”
  • Western Frisian: “Falinsiaanske Mienskip”
  • Western Frisian: “Valencia”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویلینسیائی سنگت”
  • Wu Chinese: “伐伦西亚大区”
  • Wu Chinese: “瓦伦西亚大区”
  • Yiddish: “װאַלענציע”
  • Yue Chinese: “華倫西亞自治區”
  • “Cemāxcāyōtl Valencia”
  • “Comunetate Valenzane”

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